It is absolutely okay that a number of English words have more than one meaning (e.g. watch). It is also absolutely okay that a number of...

Bryony Howard wrote a post entitled ”Why getting a text translated from scratch is cheaper than proof-reading. 5 reasons why non-native...

I have always wondered when looking up terms in dictionaries and found a single term as an equivalent for the term sought, e.g. pro se:...

English language has many variants. In addition to British English and American English, there are language variants involving English...

Sometimes legal English rolls up its sleeves and gets down to work. Let us take for example the concept of unenforceability due to lapse...

It is always a good idea to learn from those we regard as top-end experts in our profession. Knowing how they have learnt legal English...

You can say "Oh, come on, how could legal terms have synonyms and antonyms? Tell me then a synonym for the term ”foreclosure”, or an...

These extremes of likelihood are also present in legal English, besides general English. Based on 16 years of analysing legal texts, I...

Funny how often in a lawsuit one party makes an allegation which is challenged by the other party, then comes a dispute as to which...

Let's see what I mean by "native pro excellence in legal English": the elaborate way native professionals (UK and US lawyers, judges...

Over the past decades, distinguished authors has written many dozens of books on legal English. They are very useful, and each...

Now it is official. In its periodical "Why terminology is your passion", the European Union (TermCoord) has confirmed that "knowing a ...

We translators face the challenge of conveying the message of the source text in another language, to word it in accordance with its...

What does it take to know a legal term? And how to proceed from knowing its meaning to using it as native professionals do? The best...

Want to succeed in your legal studies? Want to succeed in your legal career? You must know legal English. So that you can work at a...

Want to succeed in your translation studies in law? Want to succeed in your legal translation career? You must know legal English as...

Knowing legal English is a must. Not only well or excellently, but at the level of US and UK legal professionals. What does it mean? It...

A monolingual law dictionary, for example the top-end English law dictionary Black's Law Dictionary has one function: it provides the...